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Government Listens To New Zealand First

Tuesday, 14 June 2005, 5:34 pm | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First Leader, Rt Hon Winston Peters is relieved the Government has followed New Zealand First’s policy prescription yet again with its decision to regulate immigration advisers. More >>

NZ First Renews Calls For Action On Apple Access

Tuesday, 14 June 2005, 4:22 pm | New Zealand First Party

While New Zealand First trade spokesperson Dail Jones is pleased that the Government has finally acknowledged the importance of gaining access to the Australian market for New Zealand apple exporters, the Minister’s actions do not go far enough. More >>

Peters: What A Country Without A Treaty Would Do

Tuesday, 14 June 2005, 1:53 pm | New Zealand First Party

An address by Rt Hon Winston Peters to Opotiki Grey Power on Tuesday, 14 June 2005, 1.30pm, Senior Citizens Hall, King Street, Opotiki More >>

ACT Plagiarises Three Strikes - Mark

Monday, 13 June 2005, 4:21 pm | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First Law and Order spokesperson Ron Mark has accused ACT of blatant plagiarism over its adoption of New Zealand First’s "three strikes and you're out" policy as part of their Law and Order package. More >>

Govt Must Regulate To Lower Mobile Charges

Friday, 10 June 2005, 2:43 pm | New Zealand First Party

Rt Hon Winston Peters is urging the Government to ensure that charges for mobile phone calls are reduced and brought into line with other OECD prices. More >>

NZ First - Open Letter to The Sunday Star Times

Friday, 10 June 2005, 2:24 pm | New Zealand First Party

I wish to report to you my grave concern that a lunatic has escaped from an Australian asylum, gained access to this country and is breaking into the Sunday Star Times office at 2:30 on a weekday morning and proceeded to write injudicious editorials ... More >>

Reduced Poverty A Farce

Thursday, 9 June 2005, 2:49 pm | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First spokesperson for family affairs Barbara Stewart is warning the public not to fall for Labour's attempt to conceal the true picture of poverty in New Zealand More >>

Hang On – Help Is On The Way Says Mark

Thursday, 9 June 2005, 1:39 pm | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First has assured worried senior citizens in the Manawatu that more police will be appointed to the area after the election. More >>

Peter's - Nation or Economic Colony

Thursday, 9 June 2005, 11:43 am | New Zealand First Party

The celebrated economist William Ball Sutch once wrote a book called ‘Colony or Nation?’ in which he pointed out New Zealand’s economic insecurity. More >>

An Opportunity To Correct An Historical Anomaly

Thursday, 9 June 2005, 8:49 am | New Zealand First Party

A Unique Opportunity To Correct An Historical Anomaly Madam Speaker, I move that the “Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Deletion Bill” be now read for a first time. At the appropriate time I will seek leave for this Bill to be sent to the Justice ... More >>

Treaty Industry Waste Must Go - Peters

Tuesday, 7 June 2005, 4:11 pm | New Zealand First Party

The government has been warned that New Zealand First wont tolerate the huge expenditure of taxpayer money on Treaty of Waitangi courses, says Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>

Education For New Zealanders – First!

Thursday, 2 June 2005, 1:22 pm | New Zealand First Party

“The education package announced by the Prime Minister yesterday enabling Chinese citizens to engage in tax-funded tertiary programmes is an outrage,” says New Zealand First education spokesperson, Brian Donnelly. More >>

Medical Staff Retention Not Minister's Problem

Tuesday, 31 May 2005, 4:17 pm | New Zealand First Party

The Minister of Health does not consider the recruitment and retention of medical staff to be her responsibility says New Zealand First’s health spokesperson Barbara Stewart. More >>

NZ First Still Has To Do Minister’s Job

Tuesday, 31 May 2005, 4:02 pm | New Zealand First Party

Three more Iraqi officials from Saddam Hussein’s regime were named in Parliament by Rt Hon Winston Peters today, highlighting again the incompetence of the Immigration Minister and his failing Immigration Service. More >>

NZ First Continues Fight For Apple Access

Tuesday, 31 May 2005, 3:16 pm | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First Trade spokesperson Dail Jones has again called for the Government to take a tough stance over the blatantly anti-competitive behaviour of the Australian Government which continues to block market access to New Zealand apples. More >>